The great state of New Jersey - the Garden State - is on the lookout for a new state slogan. This, of course, has become the butt of many jokes as Jersey has long been. The jokes practically write themselves.
New Jersey: What are you lookin at?
New Jersey: Fugetaboutit
It all reminds me of an old Robert Wuhl bit about the New Jersey legislature actually considering a bill that would have made Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run the official state anthem. That would, he noted, be the very first state anthem with the word "suicide" in it. "Baby this town rips the bones from your back" - tourism is gonna soar.
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There was an internet list of fake state tourism slogans a while back. Maybe NJ could take the one proposed for Indiana, to indicate the many exciting tourist possibilities:
"Indiana. Bring a book."
New Jersey: Good Enough for Sinatra
New Jersey: Now Terrell Owens Free!
New Jersey: Bah...Who Are We Kidding?
New Jersey: Birthplace of the mullet
New Jersey: Where the official state fabric is spandex
New Jersey: Close To New York; Far From California
New Jersey: It's Not That Bad. Really.
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Birthplace of the mullet? Holy Larry Fortensky, never knew that.
New Jersey: An Olfactory Experience
http://www.teetastic.com/new_jersey.html
New Jersey: More Street Cred Than Old Jersey
New Joisey: We got your state slogan right here!
Common, youse guys, New Jersey was a fine place for my brother and I to be raised. Things have chaged since then, I admit, but they still have the toll booths on the NJ side of the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, 'cause they can't trust New Yorkers with the money.
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"New Jersey: Where Bright Ideas Originate"
New Jersey: Pay no attention to those muffled screams coming from the trunk of the car.
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New Jersey: A Place Where New Yorkers Take Refuse
Oops! I meant Refuge!!
New Jersey: where Martians go for fun!